#C5CD46#C5CD46

#C5CD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.155 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD46
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 70)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -19.61, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 66.42, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0596 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.155 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9641, 55.9762, 14.1763)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD46 #4E46CD

analogous

#CD9246 #C5CD46 #82CD46

triadic

#C5CD46 #46C5CD #CD46C5

tetradic

#C5CD46 #46CD92 #4E46CD #CD4682

square

#C5CD46 #46CD92 #4E46CD #CD4682

split-complementary

#C5CD46 #4682CD #9246CD

monochromatic

#737820 #A1A82D #C5CD46 #D4DA76 #E3E7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C5CD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD46

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD46	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.155 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc81',
    500: '#c5cd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd46;
$custom-light: #dadc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD46

secondary

#3B3780

accent

#47E150

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD46

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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